Hop Into Easter: The Ultimate Basket Gift Guide
Spring has sprung, and Easter is just around the corner! Whether you’re building a basket for a little one, a teen, or someone young at heart, we’ve gathered the must-have gifts to make this Easter extra special. From sweet treats and playful toys to creative surprises and thoughtful goodies, this guide has everything you need to create a basket that’s as fun to give as it is to receive. Let’s hop into the best Easter basket ideas of the season!
Insect Lore Butterfly Garden Kit
Experience the magic of metamorphosis up close with Insect Lore’s Painted Lady Butterfly Kit! Since 1969, this family-run company has inspired a love for nature with live caterpillars hatched on their California farm. The kit includes a reusable habitat, feeder, dropper, STEM journal, and a voucher to redeem your caterpillars when you’re ready. Perfect for families and classrooms, it’s a hands-on way to explore the butterfly life cycle and create lasting memories. Caterpillars ship to the mainland U.S. when temps are between 50–90°F.
Tiles at the ready! Choose a color, grab your stack, and race to sneak a line of five—horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. This fast-paced, travel-sized game is waterproof, durable, and clips right to your bag for play anywhere. Easy to learn and tricky to master, it’s a fun strategy game for both kids and adults!
LEGO Creator 3 in 1 Cute Bunny
The LEGO Creator 3-in-1 Cute Bunny set lets kids ages 8 and up build and rebuild three adorable animal toys—a bunny, llama, or seal—using the same bricks (one model at a time). Each animal is posable for creative play, and comes with fun accessories like a carrot and sunflower, a patch of grass, or a fish on ice. It’s a fun and flexible set perfect for both play and display!
From the creators of the Bag of Unicorn Farts comes the hilarious Bag of Bunny Farts—the ultimate funny Easter basket stuffer! This 3oz snack-size treat is filled with fruit punch pink cotton candy and guaranteed to get laughs from kids and adults alike. Packaged with a smiling Easter Bunny and colorful eggs, it’s a sweet (and silly) surprise that’s perfect for anyone who loves a good giggle. Made in the USA and bursting with fun!
Skillmatics Foil Fun Easter Cards is a mess-free, magical craft kit that lets kids decorate Easter cards with shiny foil stickers featuring bunnies, eggs, flowers, and more. With 100 foil sheets, 80+ foam stickers, 10 cards, googly eyes, and easy instructions, it’s a fun, screen-free activity that sparks creativity and builds fine motor skills. Award-winning and parent-approved, it’s perfect for Easter gifts, party activities, or festive fun at home or school.
The TOSY Flying Ring is the world’s only light-up flying ring, featuring 12 super bright LEDs for epic fun day or night. It’s lightweight, easy to throw up to 100 feet, and automatically lights up during flight to save battery. With a soft, safe rim, it’s perfect for all ages (6+), indoors or out. Plus, it’s waterproof, floats, and ideal for beach trips, pool parties, or backyard games. Battery lasts up to 4,000 throws and is easy to replace!
Squishy Easter Bunny Stress Balls
These colorful Easter Bunny Stress Balls come in a set of 4 vibrant colors—orange, green, blue, and white—perfectly sized for little hands. With their cute bunny shape and squishy, see-through design, they’re fun, festive, and great for stress relief. Ideal as Easter basket stuffers, classroom rewards, or holiday gifts, they offer a soothing tactile experience for kids and adults alike. Made from non-toxic, kid-friendly materials for safe and durable fun.
Unicorn Hatching Surprise Easter Eggs
Experience the magic of Unicorn Hatching by placing a colorful egg in water and watching a surprise unicorn hatch and grow—up to 600% of its original size! With six unique unicorns to collect, each one is a fun mystery waiting to be revealed. It’s an enchanting and exciting activity for kids that sparks curiosity and wonder.
Make bath time fun and colorful with these fizzy bath color tablets designed to turn your child’s tub into a rainbow of excitement! The set includes 7 bold colors—Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet—for endless combinations. Made with gentle, non-toxic, fragrance-free ingredients, they’re safe and perfect for kids and toddlers.
Add some glow to your Easter celebration with these Luminous Easter Temporary Tattoos for Kids! Featuring fun designs like eggs, chicks, baskets, and carrots, these tattoos glow in the dark and make kids stand out—even at nighttime parties. Easy to apply and remove, each pack includes 12 sheets (132 tattoos total) that last all day and shine brighter after being exposed to light. Perfect as Easter basket stuffers or party favors!
No Easter basket is complete without a classic stuffed bunny! Soft, cuddly, and irresistibly cute, this bunny is the perfect snuggle buddy for kids of all ages. With its floppy ears and sweet little face, it adds a timeless touch of charm to any Easter celebration.
This Play-Doh Egg Set includes 24 colorful plastic eggs, each filled with 2 ounces of squishy, non-toxic Play-Doh in matching colors like blue, green, pink, and yellow. Perfect for Easter baskets, egg hunts, party favors, and classroom prizes, these prefilled eggs spark creativity and fun on any occasion.
Celebrate Easter with colorful, crinkly, and stretchable Pop Tubes—perfect Easter basket stuffers for toddlers ages 3 and up! These BPA-free sensory toys are great for imaginative play, helping kids pop, pull, stretch, and shape them into fun creations like bunny ears or race tracks. Designed to support fine motor skills and sensory development, Pop Tubes are a hit with the whole family. Adult supervision recommended; not intended for mouthable play.
P.J. Funnybunny doesn’t want to be a bunny anymore in this hilarious and heartwarming Beginner Book! Tired of his bunny life, he sets out to live with different animals, only to discover that being himself might be best after all. With simple words, charming illustrations, and plenty of laughs, this national bestseller is perfect for early readers and makes a great Easter or year-round gift.
These Easter Bath Bombs come in a set of 6, each with a unique color, fragrance, and a surprise Easter-themed squishy toy inside! With scents like rose, lavender, and lemon, and fun hidden toys like bunnies, chicks, and carrots, they make perfect Easter gifts or basket stuffers for kids and adults. Made with safe, eco-friendly ingredients, they’re gentle on skin and full of fizzy, festive fun.
“How to Catch the Easter Bunny” is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller that makes the perfect Easter basket stuffer and springtime read! This fun and colorful picture book follows the fast and clever Easter Bunny as he delivers treats while avoiding traps along the way. Ideal for families and educators, it inspires kids to get creative and build their own STEAM-based traps, making it a festive and interactive holiday tradition.
This Easter-themed Pop Bubble Fidget Toy Set includes a cute bunny carrot popper, a Happy Easter card, and a gift box—perfect for Easter basket stuffers! Made from safe, non-toxic silicone, the soft and colorful toy is fun to touch and helps kids develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and sensory awareness. It also doubles as a stress-reliever for both kids and adults, making it a playful and calming gift for all ages.
The TOSY Magnet Pyramid features 243 rare earth magnets and a spinner accessory, offering endless shape-building possibilities that spark creativity and relax the mind. Made from high-quality, safe materials with holographic stickers, it’s durable and kid-friendly. This STEAM-accredited toy is great for ages 6 and up, promoting dexterity, geometry skills, stress relief, and imaginative play. Collect multiple sets to build even more impressive creations!
This Vibrant Blackboard Chalk Set features a rainbow of bold, eye-catching colors perfect for traditional chalkboards, chalkboard paint, or outdoor fun. Ideal for schools, camps, and creative kids, the chalk is washable, non-toxic, and comes with a holder to keep hands clean. Safe and CPSIA-compliant, it encourages screen-free creativity and makes a great gift for birthdays, parties, or everyday artistic fun.
Crayola Mini Magnetic PIP-Tiles
Crayola Magnetic Tiles spark creativity and imagination, turning playtime into a hands-on adventure. Perfect for travel, these colorful, mix-and-match tiles let kids build castles, rockets, and more—anytime, anywhere. Designed for little hands, they make learning shapes, colors, and numbers fun while encouraging imaginative play. Whether at home or on the go, Crayola magnetic sets are a magical way to inspire originality in every child.
The Hidden Pictures Easter Puzzles Deluxe book is a fun-filled 96-page activity book packed with over 600 hidden objects, colorful and black-and-white puzzles, stickers, mazes, and springtime fun. Perfect for kids ages 4 and up, it includes crafts, recipes, and hands-on activities like a bunny headband and Easter egg cut-outs. Designed by experts at Highlights, it not only entertains but also helps build key skills like concentration, attention to detail, and fine motor development—making it a perfect Easter basket addition!
Soppycid Reusable Water Balloons offer endless summer fun with eco-friendly, tear-resistant silicone that can be used over 1,000 times! These magnetic, self-sealing balloons fill instantly—10x faster than traditional ones—making them perfect for the beach, pool, or backyard. Safe for all ages, they’re non-toxic, latex-free, and come with a convenient mesh bag for easy storage and travel. Say goodbye to tying, cleanup, and waste—and hello to hassle-free water play!
There are so many fun Easter basket ideas above to spark smiles and excitement this season. We hope you have a blast shopping and putting together the perfect baskets. Wishing you and your family a joyful, candy-filled, and Hoppy Easter!
